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Chris Jericho left WWE in 2017, and he has been out of the promotion for the last eight years. He was really unhappy after he and Kevin Owens were tripped out of the WWE Universal Championship picture at WrestleMania 33. Originally, these two wrestlers were planned to battle for the WWE Universal title at the mentioned event, and they worked really hard throughout 2016 to build up this match.
But at the end, Vince McMahon thought Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 33 would not be a very good option, and he decided to give the Championship to Goldberg, who defended the title against Brock Lesnar at the mentioned event. Jericho and Owens battled for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
DDP claims Chris Jericho will definitely return to WWE
They were not only stripped from the World title match from WrestleMania 33, but Jericho made a request to give them the show opener, which was also not given to them; instead, they were given the second match on the card. Jericho talked about this incident openly and expressed his frustration multiple times. It had been one of the biggest reasons behind his WWE departure.
Chris Jericho left WWE back in 2017
Chris Jericho joined AEW in 2019, and he was also the inaugural AEW World Champion. He had a great time in AEW, but his time is coming to an end in the promotion. Rumours have it that he will eventually return to WWE. WWE Hall of Famer DDP recently said that he was ready to bet $100,000 that Y2J is returning to WWE. Speaking with Denise Salcedo, he explained the following;
He has remained active in AEW since 2019
“I will bet my — I’d bet $100,000 that he will show up at the Rumble, you know? Just — I’m just throwing it out there, along with everybody else. And the place, the roof will blow off if Chris Jericho shows up at the Rumble.”
“And if I was booking it, it would be number, like, 10. And he stays to the end. Like, I remember when he first came back with us, he was in like number two, or number one or number two or number three, and he went all the way to the end.” said DDP, who predicted Jericho would return at Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant in the men's Royal Rumble match.
